Mission Hospital nurses win largest hospital union victory in South since 1975

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Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC
In the first private sector hospital union election win in North Carolina, the largest at any nonunion hospital in the South since 1975 – RNs at Mission Hospital voted this week by a stunning 70 percent to join the nation’s largest RN union to secure a powerful voice for improved care and workplace safety. For labor as a whole, it is also believed to be the largest union election win in the South in 12 years.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 17, 2020

Saint Louis University Hospital nurses to hold rally to demand protections when treating patients with COVID-19

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SLUH nurses hold press conference calling for appropriate PPE requirements - May 7, 2020
Registered nurses at SSM Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) are holding a rally to call attention to their concerns about patient safety and personal protective equipment (PPE), including nurses not being consistently provided with new, unused N95 respirators required to safely treat COVID-19 patients.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 15, 2020

Registered nurses endorse Proposition 16 to restore affirmative action

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Graphic "Yes on 16 - Opportunity for All"
The California Nurses Association (CNA) today announced its endorsement of Proposition 16, a constitutional amendment to restore the ability to implement affirmative action in public employment, public education, and public contracting in California.
California Nurses Association
Sep 15, 2020

Caravan and Speak out Tuesday calls for official end to Johns Hopkins’ practice of suing patients over medical debt

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Rally at Johns Hopkins Hospital against medical debt - July 20, 2019
Coalition for a Humane Hopkins, in addition to Johns Hopkins University students and Baltimore community advocates, on Tuesday, Sept. 15 will hold a caravan and speak out to urge Johns Hopkins Hospital to formally commit to ending its controversial practice of suing patients over medical debt.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 14, 2020

Nurses and caregivers speak up for patient care and strongly oppose excessive CEO pay

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CNA Nurses and CHEU members protest layoffs and CEO pay
Nurses and caregivers strongly oppose the recent vote by the majority of the Palomar Health Board of Directors to approve CEO Diane Hansen's new contract, which grants about a 20 percent salary increase to her along with two bonuses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for over two years.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union
Sep 14, 2020

Nurses Call for Transformative Changes for Racial, Gender, Workers’, and Health Care Justice at National Convention

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Graphic - CNA/NNOC “The Year of the Nurse” convention
On the final day of their first ever virtual national convention, the more than 500 delegates to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Saturday issued a resounding call for transformative changes for racial, gender, workers’ and health care justice.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sep 14, 2020

National Nurses United join Dr. Jill Biden for a roundtable on the COVID-19 pandemic and the government response

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Graphic "National Nurses United endoreses Joe Biden"
On Monday, Sep. 14, members of National Nurses United from Arizona and Nevada will join Dr. Jill Biden and NNU President Deborah Burger, RN for a roundtable discussion on COVID-19’s impact on safe working conditions and patient safety, Vice President Joe Biden's pandemic response plan, and President Donald Trump’s failure to keep the country safe.
National Nurses United
Sep 12, 2020

Nurses Raise Caution Flag on COVID-19 Vaccine Push

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Nurse holds sign "Science matters"
National Nurses United today raised a caution flag on the Trump administration’s rush to promote a COVID-19 vaccine by late October or early November without assurances that the vaccine will meet the highest test of public safety as its top priority, not political considerations.
National Nurses United
Sep 3, 2020